Kenyan aircraft crashes into building

Share via

All four crew members died when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff in NairobiForeman Gachomo

Tony Bonnici

Last updated at 7:29AM, July 2 2014

A cargo aircraft crashed into a building shortly after takeoff this morning
from the Kenyan capital’s main airport.

All four crew members of the Fokker 50 are believed to have died. Witnesses
said the co-pilot managed to jump from the plane but later died.

“A Fokker 50 cargo plane with four people on board has this morning crashed at
a commercial building,” after taking off from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport (JKIA), Kenya Airports Authority said.